U.S. crypto developers targeted by North Korean cyber spies

North Korean hackers, part of the Lazarus Group, have established fake U.S. companies – Blocknovas and Softglide – to deceive cryptocurrency developers with fraudulent job offers, aiming to infect them with malware. Silent Push, a U.S. cybersecurity firm, identified these fronts, noting their violation of U.S. and U.N. sanctions, while the FBI seized Blocknovas’ domain for distributing malware. “This is a rare example of North Korean hackers actually managing to set up legal corporate entities in the U.S. in order to create corporate fronts used to attack unsuspecting job applicants,” said Kasey Best of Silent Push.